Information processing system and information processing method

Abstract

Provided is an information processing system configured to: obtain a first recognition result of an object based on sensor data from first sensor; obtain a second recognition result of an object based on sensor data from a second sensor different from the first sensor; perform a first determination of determining a degree of similarity between the first and second recognition results; control, in accordance with a result of the first determination, a fusion process of fusing the first and second recognition results; and output at least one of the first recognition result, the second recognition result, and a third recognition result, in accordance with the result of the first determination. The third recognition result is a fusion of the first and second recognition results.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An information processing system configured to:
 obtain a first recognition result which is a recognition result of an object based on sensor data from a first sensor; 
 obtain a second recognition result which is a recognition result of an object based on sensor data from a second sensor different from the first sensor; 
 obtain first correlation information correlated to a first recognition accuracy of the first recognition result and second correlation information correlated to a second recognition accuracy of the second recognition result; 
 perform a first determination of determining a degree of similarity between recognition content of the first recognition result and recognition content of the second recognition result; 
 control a fusion process of fusing the first recognition result and the second recognition result, in accordance with a result of the first determination, the first correlation information obtained, and the second correlation information obtained; and 
 output at least one of the first recognition result, the second recognition result, and a third recognition result, in accordance with the result of the first determination, the third recognition result being a fusion of the first recognition result and the second recognition result. 
 
     
     
       2. The information processing system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the recognition content of the first recognition result and the recognition content of the second recognition result are locations of the objects, and 
 the degree of similarity is a degree of similarity relating to the locations of the objects. 
 
     
     
       3. The information processing system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the recognition content of the first recognition result and the recognition content of the second recognition result are classifications of the objects, and 
 the degree of similarity is a degree of similarity between the classifications of the objects. 
 
     
     
       4. The information processing system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the recognition content of the first recognition result and the recognition content of the second recognition result are detections of the objects, and 
 the degree of similarity is a degree of similarity between total numbers of the objects detected. 
 
     
     
       5. The information processing system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the first correlation information and the second correlation information each indicate at least one of: (i) an environment of each space in which the first sensor and the second sensor are located when the first sensor and the second sensor are each performing sensing operations; (ii) a state of each of the first sensor and the second sensor when the first sensor and the second sensor are each performing sensing operations; and (iii) specifications of each of the first sensor and the second sensor. 
 
     
     
       6. The information processing system according to  claim 1 , further configured to:
 perform a second determination of determining a first degree of similarity between the third recognition result and the first recognition result and a second degree of similarity between the third recognition result and the second recognition result; and 
 output at least one of the first recognition result, the second recognition result, and the third recognition result, in accordance with a result of the second determination. 
 
     
     
       7. The information processing system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the information processing system controls the fusion process by controlling whether to execute the fusion process. 
 
     
     
       8. The information processing system according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the information processing system controls whether to execute the fusion process by controlling whether to input the first recognition result and the second recognition result into a fusion processor that performs the fusion process. 
 
     
     
       9. The information processing system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the information processing system controls the fusion process by adjusting a parameter of the fusion process. 
 
     
     
       10. The information processing system according to  claim 1 , further configured to:
 execute a recognition process for recognizing an object based on the sensor data from the first sensor and the sensor data from the second sensor, and output the first recognition result and the second recognition result. 
 
     
     
       11. An information processing system, configured to:
 obtain a first recognition result which is a recognition results of an object based on sensor data from a first sensor; 
 obtain a second recognition result which is a recognition result of an object based on sensor data from a second sensor different from the first sensor; 
 perform a fusion process of obtaining a third recognition result by fusing the first recognition result and the second recognition result, the third recognition result being a fusion of the first recognition result and the second recognition result; 
 perform a second determination of determining a first degree of similarity between the third recognition result and the first recognition result and a second degree of similarity between the third recognition result and the second recognition result; and 
 output at least one of the first recognition result, the second recognition result, and the third recognition result, in accordance with a result of the second determination. 
 
     
     
       12. An information processing method, comprising:
 obtaining a first recognition result which is a recognition result of an object based on sensor data from a first sensor; 
 obtaining a second recognition result which is a recognition result of an object based on sensor data from a second sensor different from the first sensor; 
 obtaining first correlation information correlated to a first recognition accuracy of the first recognition result and second correlation information correlated to a second recognition accuracy of the second recognition result; 
 performing a first determination of determining a degree of similarity between recognition content of the first recognition result and recognition content of the second recognition result; 
 controlling a fusion process of fusing the first recognition result and the second recognition result, in accordance with a result of the first determination, the first correlation information obtained, and the second correlation information obtained; and 
 outputting at least one of the first recognition result, the second recognition result, and a third recognition result, in accordance with the result of the first determination, the third recognition result being a fusion of the first recognition result and the second recognition result. 
 
     
     
       13. An information processing method, comprising:
 obtaining a first recognition result which is a recognition result of an object based on sensor data from a first sensor; 
 obtaining a second recognition result which is a recognition result of an object based on sensor data from a second sensor different from the first sensor; 
 performing a fusion process of obtaining a third recognition result by fusing the first recognition result and the second recognition result, the third recognition result being a fusion of the first recognition result and the second recognition result; 
 performing a second determination of determining a first degree of similarity between the third recognition result and the first recognition result and a second degree of similarity between the third recognition result and the second recognition result; and 
 outputting at least one of the first recognition result, the second recognition result, and the third recognition result, in accordance with a result of the second determination.